Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making

Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making Abstract This thesis is dealing with participation of public in environmental administrative proceedings. The topic is widely discussed in connection with efforts to quicken planning and construction proceedings. It is, however, far from limited to them - the subject matter is scattered in a multitude of legal acts. Therefore, the aim of this work is to present various acts and analyse the requirements for and the extent of participation of persons in proceedings conducted under them in a compact manner. Firstly, the readers are familiarised with forms of "participation" and various definitions of "public". The legal sources of this topic are introduced next, and a few, that will be addressed in detail in the following parts of this thesis, are selected. Afterwards, the author explains how the code of administrative procedure defines parties to proceedings, how is that important for talking about other acts and what problems can arise from applying these provisions in practice. The next part introduces the readers to an international document that deals with public participation in general - the Aarhus convention and explains its importance in European and Czech law. Furthermore, the author focuses on characterization of legal acts on integrated..